William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Georgian Verse. 1909.
Lewie GordonAlexander Geddes (17371802)
O
And the lad I daurna name!
Though his back be at the wa’,
Here’s to him that’s far awa’.
Ohone! my Highlandman;
Oh! my bonnie Highlandman!
Weel wad I my true love ken
Amang ten thousand Highlandmen.
Bonnet blue, and laigh-heeled shoes,
Philabeg abune his knee!—
That’s the lad that I’ll gang wi’.
Ohone! my Highwayman.
Thou wert born to be a king!
On thy breast a regal star
Shines on loyal hearts afar.
Ohone! my Highlandman.
Seated on a kingly throne!
All our griefs would disappear,
We should hail a joyful year.
Ohone! my Highlandman.